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MV Heleanna - 28/08/1971 - At least 24 Souls Lost
Heleanna, pride of patriotism Walking around the port you will see an extraordinary bas-relief along the castle walls. These artistic...
ASKET Operations Team
Aug 25, 20201 min read
Torrey Canyon oil spill - 18 March 1967 #maritimehistory
The Torrey Canyon oil spill, off the south-west coast of the United Kingdom in 1967, is one of the world's most serious oil spills....
ASKET Broking team
Mar 24, 20201 min read
Herald of Free Enterprise - 6th March 1997 - 193 Souls lost #MaritimeHistory
MS Herald of Free Enterprise was a roll-on roll-off (RORO) ferry which capsized moments after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on...
ASKET
Mar 10, 20202 min read
5th March 1916 - Sinking of the Príncipe de Asturias - loss of at least 455 souls #maritimehistory #
Príncipe de Asturias was a Spanish ocean liner, owned by the Naviera Pinillos and built at the Russell & Co. (later Lithgows) shipyard in...
ASKET Management Team
Mar 3, 20201 min read
26th February 1852 - Sinking of the Birkenhead - Women and Children first - loss of 485 souls #marit
HMS Birkenhead, also referred to as HM Troopship Birkenhead or Steam Frigate Birkenhead,[3] was one of the first iron-hulled ships built...
ASKET Management Team
Feb 24, 20202 min read
Neptune Ferry (1993) - 900 Souls lost #maritimehistory
Approximately 900 people drown when a passenger ferry, the Neptune, overturns near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on this day in 1993. The ferry...
The Team at ASKET Ltd
Feb 18, 20202 min read
SS London (1864) - And the introduction of the Plimsoll line - 220 Souls lost #maritimehistory
SS London was a British steamship which sank in the Bay of Biscay on 11 January 1866. The final voyage of the London began on 13 December...
The Team at ASKET Ltd
Feb 11, 20202 min read
3 February 2006 - Sinking of the MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 - loss of over 1,000 souls #maritimehistor
The MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98 was an Egyptian Ro/Ro passenger ferry, operated by El Salam Maritime Transport, that sank on 3 February 2006...
ASKET Management Team
Feb 4, 20201 min read
MV Princess Victoria - North Channel - 31 Jan 1953 - 133 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
MV Princess Victoria was one of the earliest roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ferries. Built in 1947, she operated from Stranraer to Larne....
ASKET Broking team
Jan 28, 20204 min read
Tampomas II - Sinking in the Java Sea - 27 Jan 1981 - 431 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
KMP Tampomas II was a sea liner owned by Pelni (Indonesian National Shipping) that burned and sank (at 114°25'60"E, 5°30'0"S) in the...
ASKET Broking team
Jan 21, 20202 min read
14th Jan 1993 - Sinking of the MS Jan Heweliusz - loss of 55 souls #maritimehistory #OTD
MS Jan Heweliusz was a Polish ferry named after astronomer Johannes Hevelius (Polish: Jan Heweliusz) that served on the route...
ASKET Management Team
Jan 14, 20202 min read
8th January 1979 - Whiddy Island disaster, MT Betelgeuse explosion - 50 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
The Whiddy Island disaster, also known as the Betelgeuse incident, occurred on 8 January 1979, around 1:00 am, when the oil tanker...
ASKET Management Team
Jan 7, 20202 min read
HMS NATAL - #OTD 30 December 1915 - 421 Souls Lost #maritimehistory
On 30 December 1915, Natal was lying in the Cromarty Firth with her squadron, under the command of Captain Eric Back. The captain was...
ASKET Broking team
Dec 31, 20192 min read
19 December 1981 - RNLI lifeboat Solomon Browne and Union Star both lost with all hands #maritimehi
The Penlee lifeboat disaster occurred on 19 December 1981 off the coast of Cornwall. The lifeboat Solomon Browne, based at the Penlee...
ASKET Management Team
Dec 17, 20193 min read
7 December 1966 - Capsize of the SS Heraklion 217 souls lost #maritimehistory #OTD
At 20:00 of 7 December 1966, and under extreme weather conditions, with winds blowing at Force 9 on the Beaufort scale, the Heraklion...
ASKET Management Team
Dec 10, 20191 min read
4 December 1948 - SS Kiangya (Jiangya) at least 2,750 souls lost #maritimehistory #OTD
SS Kiangya or Jiangya (Chinese: t 江亞輪, s 江亚轮, p Jiāngyà Lún) was a Chinese passenger steamship that was destroyed in an explosion near...
ASKET Management Team
Dec 3, 20191 min read
27th November 1898 - Paddle Steamer Portland - one of 150 vessels sank in the Portland Gale altogeth
PS Portland was a large side-wheel paddle steamer, an ocean-going steamship with side-mounted paddlewheels. She was built in 1889 for...
ASKET Management Team
Nov 26, 20191 min read
15 November 1873 - Passenger Liner - Ville du Havre - sank in 12 minutes with the loss of 226 souls
Ville du Havre was a French iron steamship that operated round trips between the northern coast of France and New York City. Launched in...
ASKET Management Team
Nov 19, 20192 min read
Great Lakes Storm of 1913 - 255 Souls lost #maritimehistory #OTD
The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, historically referred to as the "Big Blow,"[A] the "Freshwater Fury," or the "White Hurricane," was a...
ASKET Broking team
Nov 12, 20192 min read
Collison of the Connemara and Retriever – 3rd November 1916 - 97 Souls Lost #maritimehistory #OTD
Connemara - On 3 November 1916 the ferry Connemara sank at the entrance to Carlingford Lough, Louth, Ireland after being hit amidships by...
ASKET Broking team
Nov 5, 20194 min read
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